Characteristics | Nutritional status | COR (95% CI) | P -value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cases (%) | Controls (%) | |||
Maternal education | ||||
Illiterate | 223(92.9%) | 1687(86.8%) | 1.99(1.20, 3.33) | 0.008 |
Literate | 17(7.1%) | 257(13.2%) | 1 | |
Paternal education | ||||
Illiterate | 172(72.9%) | 1194(62.2%) | 1.64(1.21, 2.21) | 0.001 |
literate | 64(27.1%) | 727(37.8%) | 1 | |
Decision - making strategy of the sick child | ||||
Individual based | 92(38.2%) | 534(27.3%) | 1.65(1.25, 2.17) | 0.000 |
Jointly/common | 149(61.8%) | 1424(72.7) | 1 | |
Household’s wealth index | ||||
Poor | 96(39.8%) | 637(32.5%) | 1.66(1.18, 2.33) | 0.003 |
Middle | 84(34.9%) | 649(33.1%) | 1.43(1.008, 2.02) | 0.045 |
Rich | 61(25.3%) | 672(33.1%) | 1 | |
Households’ food security | ||||
Food insecure | 29(12.0%) | 180(9.2%) | 1.35(0.89, 2.05) | 0.157 |
Food secure | 212(88.0%) | 1778(90.8%) | 1 | |
Maternal access to health facility | ||||
No | 100(41.5%) | 568(29.0%) | 1.74(1.32, 2.28) | 0.000 |
Yes | 141(58.5%) | 1390(71.0%) | 1 | |
Maternal TT vaccination | ||||
No | 142(58.9%) | 993(50.7%) | 1.39(1.06, 1.83) | 0.017 |
Yes | 99(41.1%) | 965(49.3%) | 1 | |
Exclusive breast feeding | ||||
No | 87(36.1%) | 651(33.2%) | 1.13(0.86, 1.49) | 0.377 |
Yes | 154(63.9%) | 1307(66.8%) | 1 | |
Birth interval | ||||
< 2 years | 155(64.3%) | 1041(53.2%) | 1.59(1.20, 2.09) | 0.001 |
≥ 2 years | 86(35.7%) | 917(46.8%) | 1 | |
Child had separate feeding plate | ||||
No | 184(76.3%) | 1371(70.0%) | 1.38(1.01, 1.89) | 0.042 |
Yes | 57(23.7%) | 587(30.0%) | 1 | |
MDD 24 hours before the survey | ||||
< 4 food items | 123(51.0%) | 793(40.5%) | 1.53(1.17, 2.00) | 0.002 |
≥ 4 food items | 118(49.0%) | 1165(59.5%) | 1 | |
Child’s gender | ||||
Male | 130(53.9%) | 959(49.0%) | 1.22(0.93, 1.59) | 0.146 |
Female | 111(46.1%) | 999(51.0%) | 1 | |
Child’s age (months) | ||||
6- 23 | 68(28.2) | 544(27.8) | 1.17(0.81, 1.67) | 0.403 |
24-35 | 107(44.4) | 799(40.8) | 1.25(0.90, 1.73) | 0.181 |
36- 59 | 66(27.4) | 615(31.4) | 1 |